Faucet attachment.



PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

F. S. DAVIS.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION rum) OCT. 7.1907.

INVENTOR: FRANK SQDAVIS.

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' To all whom a zen of the United States of America, residj is a view ofthe end of a modified form of the metal, preferably non-corrosive, 1sfolde view in perspective UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. DAVIS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

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may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK S. DAVIS, a citiing at Detroit,in the county of Wayne and State of Michi an, have invented .certain newand useful Im rovements in Faucet Attachments, of whic the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings. v

This invention relates to an attachment for afaucet and especiall to adevice which can be easily secured wlthout' tools to any form ofstop-cock in ordinary domestic use and which obviates the splashing ands rinkling usually incident to the dischar e t erefrom, withoutmaterially impeding tiie flow orcausing back pressure in the faucet andconnections. I

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and moreparticularly pointed out in theappended clalms.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a of a preferred form of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of a faucet with the attachmentinserted. Fig. 3

device.

As herein illustrated, a thin strip of sprin into a series of deep,transverse corrugations 1 for the major portion of its length, and thisportion. is bent into a closed, circular hoo the end corrugations beingeither abutte or hooked into each other, and the smooth portion 2 beingbent in a segmental arm partially encircling the hoop.

In the modified form, the entire strip is corru ated and bent into aclosed hoop.

Eit er form may be expanded or contracted by overlapping the ends withone, two or more pairs of corrugations engaged, so thatthe diameter ofthe attachment is slightly, greater than the diameter of a faucet forwhich it is intended;.by sli htly compressin it with the fin ers, itmaybe readily pushe into place, and when released, it expands suf-Specification of Letters Patent.

- fiat spring metal and frictionally Patented March a1, 1908. 1907.Serial No. 396,185. 1

ficiently to retain its position. It is as easily removed for cleaning.

Two or more'ears 3 may be formed on one out edge of the strip,preferably by strikin lugs thereon and turning them outwar yto reventthe pushing of the attachment too ar into a faucet.

The division of the stream by the thin cross walls arrests its whirling,scattering motion and causes it to issue in a solid uiet column whichdoes not spatter or sp ash. The attachment does not impede the flowsufficiently to appreciably diminish the velocity of volume or tooccasion back pressure in the faucet or connections.

The device is readily made and is practically'indestructible andadjustable to any ordinary form of water cock.

, What I claim as my invention is 1. A faucet attachment consisting of astrip provided with a plurality of transverse corrugations and bent intoa hoop, the folds of the-opposite ends of the corrugated ortion beingada ted to be adjustably inteil ter of the hoop may be changed, and thehoop being adapted to be compressed within engage 'the mouth of afaucet.

2. A faucet attachment consisting of a fiat 'sprin metal strip providedwith a plurality of eep transverse corrugations for a ortion of itslength and bent mto a closed oop with the end corru ations adjustablinterlocked in a smooth l ap joint and wit the smooth portion of thestri bent into a segmental spring arm partia y encircling the hoop, thewhole bein adapted to be secured in the mouth of 'a aucet by frictionalen agement therewith. l

n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. DAVIS.

ocked whereby t e diame-

